Externally, the Toshiba Satellite L300 laptop looks interesting. Its surface is painted silver, and the ends on the sides of the case are black. In this case, the laptop has a pretty stylish look. Although in reality the model is presented as a budget device. On the inner and outer panel of the case there is a certain play of color - dark contrasted with light in contrast. The design is thought out. The black keys of the computer keyboard are very clearly visible on the silver palm. The upper part of the case is made without any decorations, there is only the company logo. The matte cover is quite reliable and practical. Almost all computer panels are dull, but the display is glossy. The design of the Satellite L300 laptop is calm and measured, it can even be called modest.
Display
Toshiba Satellite L300 has a widescreen screen with a diagonal of 15.4 inches, and its resolution is 1280 by 800. It has excellent color reproduction (up to 16.7 million colors). In addition, the WXGA screen has an excellent margin of brightness, and its image is very clear. This makes it possible to watch movies in good quality. However, the mirror surface of the Toshiba TruBrite screen can, in addition to the benefit of image saturation, be annoying if there are a lot of reflections and glare. Everything in this laptop is fine, but the viewing angles are not quite ideal, this mainly concerns vertical indicators. But the horizontal ones are very good, they are quite wide.
Keyboard and touchpad
Now let's talk about input devices. The Toshiba Satellite L300 keyboard has 87 buttons. You can’t call it rigid, and the absence of this quality during typing can give deflections. The buttons themselves are pretty smooth and almost silent.
This keyboard also has its drawbacks. For example, the small size of the gaps between the buttons. Fingers can jump to adjacent keys while typing. In addition, the arrow buttons are made too narrow. The layout and marking are excellent. Just below the space bar is the touchpad touch pad. It has a somewhat recessed surface, which makes it quite convenient to use, since the fingers do not pop out of the platform. Although the touchpad itself has a good response to keystrokes, the keys below it are difficult to press.
CPU
Now let's talk about the performance of the Toshiba Satellite L300. The characteristics of the processor will be given later. In the meantime, we note that the computer does not have an installed operating system. For someone, this is not so convenient, since before you start working, you will have to do the setup. However, for experienced users this is rather a plus, since they themselves can choose the system that they will use on their device and its parameters.
The laptop has a single-core Intel Celeron 575 processor, which has a 2-level cache volume of 1 MB and a clock frequency of 2 GHz. This option is great for entry-level laptops, and although it doesn’t work as fast and is not particularly productive, its cost is low. In addition, the Celeron 575 has 2 GB of RAM. It can be expanded up to 4 GB, while performance will be improved when solving various computing problems.
The hard drive of this model has a capacity of 160 GB. Today, such an indicator has become the norm; it is quite enough to carry out daily work with files, to store texts and programs. The graphics of this computer is represented by the integrated graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD. Its indicators are enough for undemanding to resource games with low and medium settings. GMA 4500MHD allows you to adjust photos, work with a number of office programs. This means that the not too wide capabilities of this video card (Blu-ray playback, video decoding) can be used in simple applications.
Other characteristics
On the right side of the Toshiba Satellite L300 is a built-in optical drive, a port where you can connect peripheral equipment, as well as a power socket. At the end there is a hole in
Kensington Castle. The front of the laptop is equipped with two connectors for connecting a microphone and headphones, in addition, there is a switch for wireless communications. On the left side there is an ExpressCard / 54 expansion slot and two USB ports - one above the other, there is also a fifteen-pin D-SUB video output. In addition, there is an RJ-45 network connector. And the USB interfaces have support for Sleep Charge technology, it helps to charge a mobile phone or player, even when the computer is turned off.
This laptop also has ports on the back. In particular, a connector for connecting a modem. Although the number of ports is not very large, but they are quite enough for work.
Now let's talk about the autonomy of the Toshiba Satellite L300. The battery is six-cell lithium-ion. The capacity is 4800 mAh. This battery allows you to work autonomously for about 3 hours.
A budget laptop allows you to solve a wide variety of tasks, its functions are enough to meet the needs of not too demanding users. It is equipped with an excellent display, it has sufficient system performance for an entry-level, an interesting design, in which there is a contrast of silver and black. Separately, it should be said that each port and connector of this computer is well thought out. The case has frosted panels. Of the shortcomings, only the glossy coating of the display, which reflects objects, can be noted. Otherwise, this model corresponds to the declared level. If the Toshiba Satellite L300 does not turn on, we recommend that you turn off the power and remove the battery at night. In the morning you can collect everything, and the problem should be fixed. If this does not help, contact a service center.